Georgia Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Amanda Swafford will be on the Georgia general election ballot on Nov. 4th. Swafford knows she cannot compete with multimillion dollar campaigns but hopes her campaign will bring the libertarian ideas to the forefront. “We can compete in the market place of ideas”, said Swafford.
Amanda is a 1994 college preparatory graduate of Lakeview Academy in Gainesville, Georgia and in 1998, received her Bachelor of Arts degree just outside of Atlanta at Agnes Scott College, one of the country’s top women’s colleges. In 2007, Amanda obtained her paralegal certificate at the University of North Georgia, one of only a few schools in Georgia to be approved by the American Bar Association. A lifelong learner, Amanda is currently focusing on educational efforts in the emerging field of electronic discovery.
Shortly after college, Amanda moved to Sacramento, California and not only won her first election to county wide office in 2000 while attending law school but also became active in her new community by helping to develop critical Land Use sections of the Arden-Arcade Community Action Plan which the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors later adopted in June 2006.
After returning home to Georgia, she continued investing in her career and adding value to her community by helping to open the first H&R Block office in her hometown of Flowery Branch.
In 2010, Amanda was elected to the Flowery Branch City Council where she helped bring consistency to a nonsensical water rate structure, offered choices in curbside waste disposal, brought Sunday Sales to Flowery Branch within 2 weeks of official ballot certification and voted against government rent subsidies for private businesses just to name a few of her many accomplishments while serving on the Council.
After leaving the City Council, Amanda was dissatisfied with the depth of reporting on local government in her community and so she started writing for The South Hall Gazette in order to provide citizens with a much more detailed look into the inner workings of the local governmental process.
You can support Amanda Swafford’s campaign by visiting her website: www.amandaswafford.net
